eccGnuPG

[Simon Josefsson]

Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> writes:

> Algorithm       generate  100*sign  100*verify
> ----------------------------------------------
> DSA 1024/160           -     410ms       530ms
> DSA 2048/224           -    1760ms      2260ms
> DSA 3072/256           -    3950ms      5040ms
> ECDSA 192 bit       20ms     720ms      1270ms
> ECDSA 224 bit       40ms     900ms      1650ms
> ECDSA 256 bit       50ms    1120ms      2090ms
> ECDSA 384 bit      100ms    2610ms      4900ms
> ECDSA 521 bit      280ms    6930ms     13240ms

Cool!  How does it compare to RSA?

> The upshot is that we are now more that 3 times faster.  The next step
> is to look out for test vectors and then the code should be ready for
> use.

I'll ask for test vectors for TLS uses.

Thanks,
Simon